"Swim" è un E.P. dei Feeder pubblicato il 24 giugno 1996.
Prodotto da Chris Shedon (Therapy, Shed Seven e Oceansize tra gli altri), si tratta del secondo E.P. di Grant Nicholas e soci, dopo l'esordio con il "Two Colours E.P.", composto, come si evince dal titolo, di sole due tracce.
Per chi conosce la band gallese per il pop rock delicato di canzoni come "Feeling A Moment" o "Just The Way I'm Feeling", l'impatto con questo mini album composto da sei pezzi potrebbe essere piuttosto spiazzante.
"Sweet 16" (colonna sonora del noto videogame "Gran Turismo") parte subito con un bel riffone seguito da un urlo selvaggio di Grant, per poi proseguire su tonalità sempre decise ed aggressive, chiaramente influenzate dal guitar rock di stampo americano (genere che per tradizione controbilancia adeguatamente sfuriate elettriche e melodie accattivanti).
Stessi ingredienti in "Stereo World", con la variante di un ritornello dotato di una apertura melodica notevolmente bella, che ne addolcisce i tratti distintivi. Il pezzo verrà poi incluso nel disco d'esordio "Polythene", così come la ballata elettrica "Descend", che fonde in maniera incredibilmente azzeccata e verosimile il gusto melodico tipicamente british con l'urgenza espressiva del grunge (seguendone il ricorrente stampo strutturale "strofa sommessa/ritornello aggressivo").
"Shade" è la più veloce e frenetica delle sei canzoni, la chitarra viaggia spedita e decisa e Grant si avvicina pericolosamente ad una aggressività vocale tipicamente cobaniana; da notare il bridge che arriva addirittura ad evocare atmosfere vicine all'hard rock, per poi scemare in un momento prettamente intimista e successivamente risalire verso le precedenti vette chitarristiche.
"Women In Towels" non mescola molto le carte, ma aggiunge un bell'assolo abrasivo che non guasta affatto; la sei corde graffia come non mai.
Chiude la fantastica titletrack, per chitarra e voce, che mette bene in evidenza l'ottima voce di Nicholas ed anticipa la svolta "morbida" che arriverà qualche anno dopo.
Un E.P., in definitiva, che chiarisce bene cosa erano i Feeder più di dieci anni fa, ed aiuta a capire cosa sono diventati oggi. Fondamentale, quindi, per capire l'evoluzione di uno dei gruppi di maggior successo in terra d'Albione.
Non solo "Buck Rogers", quindi.
P. S. - Il 30 giugno 2001 ne è stata ristampata una nuova versione con 5 nuove tracce ("Elegy", "World Asleep", "Chicken On A Bone", "Spill", "Forgiven"), due video ("Crash" e "Cement") ed un artwork di colore diverso (rosso invece che nero).
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01 Sweet 16 (03:33)
Get away from me is all she said
You're like a social disease
I'm so tired of being afraid of you
Her face all twisted he sees
(Chorus)
Save yourself
look and see
think about it
sweet sixteen
you could be anywhere
see yourself standing there
She's not dead
She's not dead
He cant stop forcing himself on her
he likes the way that she is
His heart beats, fingers all over her
his dirty breath smells of beer
[Chorus]
She's not dead
She's not dead
Dead
Come a little closer to me
Come a little nearer, I want
She works late so she can keep away
she's got to go to the police
So young, he's working her like a dog
He slaps her face till she cleans
But one day while she was searching there
she came across a new toy
Her eyes filled as she loaded the weapon
her mind races, she cries
[Chorus]
Save yourself
Look and see
Think about it
Sweet sixteen
She's not dead
She's not dead
Dead
She's not dead
Dead
02 Stereo World (03:33)
Staring at the ideal world my bubble begins to break gazing at the ceiling cracks
The more the picture fades It's just that I can't see when I'm down like this
I just feel the weight as I try to resist
It doesn't matter when I can dream away life in a stereo world
Something happens as I drift away away
Floating out of sync again reaching for a cloud levitated high I'm free
Turning myself around just as I feel fine it begins to break
Now the pain is here what a big mistake
It doesn't matter when I can dream away life in a stereo world
Something happens as I drift away away
It just explodes as I drift in athousand hands caress my skin
I feel so free as it begins
It doesn't matter when I can dream away life in a stereo world
Something happens as I drift away away
You make me feel so good feels so good away away
Life in a stereo world away away life in a stereo world
Stereo world stereo world life in a stereo world
Stereo world stereo world feels so good
04 Descend (05:25)
Sitting back I only wish \
today will turn out fine
And wash away the stain
the poison in my eyes
What do you recommend?
I feel my life descending
I'm falling out of reach
catch me as I bleed again
I'm not insane
can't reach the pain
If I could be all by myself
I could be me
If you could see
live with my pain
the thoughts that I keep
I hate the way they are
their patronising thoughts
Tried to get inside my head
ask the questions I have read
But one thing makes it hard
feel so fragile as I cry
So confused yet so alive
so abused
the system lied
They lied
If I could be all by myself
I could be me
If you could see
live with my pain
the thoughts that I keep
Hands appeared around my neck
Felt so hard to breath I stared
As my focus turned to haze
I could see them
If I could be all by myself
I could be free
If they could see
live with my pain
the thoughts that I keep
Yeah, yeah
Alone, alone
Yeah, Yeah (alone, alone)
Descend
Descend
05 Shade (04:08)
Will it always be the same give it all a reason
Burn me down you watch me drown how can I exceed
Holding out I cant explain
Though I never could thats the problem
Fighting back the pain again climbing up free myself
I don't need this innovation comes
I just fall into shade
All I want to do is pray give me back the freedom
It becomes the only way clear it sets me free
State of mind I twist and turn looking at the same thing
Flicking back the pages just enough of me to see myself
I don't need this innovation comes
I'm trying to believe as life drags on
Do you see it do you really know
I will fall into space
Its funny how it seems cause I can dream a little
Its pulling me inside the wheel still turns
Remember how the sun touched my face
See it lighting up the way back home
I don't need this innovation comes
I'm trying to believe as life drags on
Do you see it do you really know
I will fall into space
06 Swim (03:20)
Kill, kill or be killed for,
Expected life to be so safe,
Caught, caught in a man trap,
Another part of me has changed
chorus:
Maybe I could swim,
Can't help myself,
It's funny but it seems,
I lose myself,
I'm lost inside a dream,
I hate myself,
the more that I believe,
Can't find my way
Filled, filled with emotion,
sailing off the edge again,
drown, drown all devotion,
riding on a trip to hell
chorus:
Maybe i could swim,
can't help myself,
it's funny but it seems,
I lose myself
i'm lost inside a dream,
I hate myslef,
The more that I believe,
can't find my way x2
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